Old England building which is now the Musical Instrument Museum in Brussels
The Old England building was designed and constructed during1898-99, with Paul Saintenoy as the architect. After years of neglect and losing much of its Art Nouveau detailing, this former department store underwent a stunning renovation and reopened as the Musical Instrument Museum in June 2000. The museum houses two collections: One belonged to the celebrated Belgian musicologist François-Joseph Fétis (1784-1871) and was bought by the Belgian government in 1872 and put on deposit in the Conservatory where Fétis was the first director. The other was offered to King Leopold II in 1876 by the Rajah Sourindro Mohun Tagore (1840-1914) and comprises about a hundred Indian instruments.
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Location: Montagne de la Cour/Hofberg Brussels Belgium
Photo credit: © Lynne Sutherland / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: architecture, art, belgium, brussels, england, history, instrument, mim, museum, museums, musical, nouveau, paul, royal, saintenoy
